Eric Stanton was born 9/30/26 in Brooklyn New York. He is still alive but having difficulties with his health. His family is continuing to operate his mail order business.
Stanton began drawing for Irving Klaw in 1947. At first he drew fighting women and later bondage serials. He continued to work for Klaw until the publisher’s death in 1964.
As I mentioned earlier, Stanton and Gene Bilbrew met in 1951 at the School of Visual Arts run by Burne Hogarth. An early Bilbrew illustrated story, Whip Artist (Reprinted as Stantoons 74), includes a drawing of Eric Stanton. He’s the one with the beard.
Stanton did not specialize in Petticoat Punishment. However, he did do several stories and spot illustrations on the theme. I have included a checklist of the stories I will be covering in my next few articles. If you notice any important work I have missed, please let me know.
Tame-azons
The earliest Petticoat Punishment stories he illustrated that I have found were ‘Tame-azons’ for Nutrix. Please note the extreme high heels and other fetish wear. This publisher concentrated on fetish stories with such titles as ‘Female Impersonators on Parade’, ‘Betty Page in Bondage’ and ’Femme Mimics’. These, although interesting in their own way, I will leave for another reviewer.
In ‘Tame-azons subdue and subjugate man’, Nutrix 1960. Michelle hires the tame-azons to straighten out her husband, Paul Punymite. After they beat him, their leader, Queen Portia decides his fate:
"You should know better than to bring a weak and puny man into my presence without fitting female clothes on his inferior body! Take those torn clothes away from him and place feminine attire on him to denote his lowly present stature."
A forced transformation ensues:
While Portia was slipping a pair of sheer black nylon stockings on his legs, Potentia sat astride Paul’s chest, pinning him down with her body weight, placing lipstick on Paul’s lips. Paul tried to throw Potentia off his chest but was unable to do so.
His eyebrows ached from the tweezers plucking them and he had to allow himself to be humiliated since it was quite obvious to him that he would be no match for the two amazon women.
The transformation continues with shoulder length black kid gloves, high heels, tight lacing, a padded bra and wig. Next comes a dress, a steel gag in his mouth and ropes tight around his arms and hobbling his ankles. Paul had no wish to be dressed in feminine clothes and he strained to break his arms free from the tight ropes but he did not have the strength.
The story ends with us discovering that the entire transformation sequence was only a troubled dream Paul experienced while tied up by the Tame-azons. None the less, his behavior changes for the better:
"I’ll be good from now on," Paul said. "I love my wife and will never need your services again."
I hope you are enjoying my articles. Please write if you find any errors or have information to add? Also, please write with your comments or questions to Bill
Bill has created four heavily illustrated Petticoat Punishment stories
("Jeff's Humiliations", "Henry's Vacation in Panties", "Darwin's
Womanhood" and "Bill's Humiliation in Panties" all through Sandy Thomas)
and is in the process of doing more. He is an avid collector of rare
Petticoat Punishment stories and art. He is also interested in story
ideas. Please contact him at Bill@TGForum.com